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Forum: The Maple Leaf

Apr 4th 2018, 12:38 am

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DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

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Posted By dbd33

Re: DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

There are CGT concerns there as well. When my ex sold what was once our house it was to people who intended to McMansion the lot. They lived in the house for exactly one year before bulldozing it;...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Apr 3rd 2018, 6:08 pm

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DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

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Re: DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

Citroen Mehari. It didn't have seatbelts either. I liked it very much.

The snag with using the GPS speedo is that I only ever look at the speedo when I see a police car and that's not the ideal...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Apr 3rd 2018, 5:09 pm

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DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

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Posted By dbd33

Re: DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

I wouldn't buy a car like that but it doesn't bother me if a hire car has only one or the other or none even; a car I hired recently didn't have a working speedo. I have a GPS speedo in the phone.

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Apr 3rd 2018, 3:07 pm

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DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

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Posted By dbd33

Re: DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

I switched from knowing roughly how many mpg I was getting to roughly what a tank of petrol costs. If I'm in the Mustang it displays the current fuel consumption but I don't know if it's using...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Apr 3rd 2018, 1:26 pm

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DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

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Posted By dbd33

Re: DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

Ottawa is a government town so, yes, I expect there is some metric up there. There isn't here. What we did for the outbuilding was to approach the local planning department and they said "up to 1100...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Apr 3rd 2018, 12:35 pm

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DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

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Posted By dbd33

Re: DIY in Canada for Renovations - what can and can't you do yourself???

Building regulations are local, not federal, so YMMV but, in Ontario, we've done a couple of renovations and have done much of the work ourselves. The electrical work has to be signed off by a...

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